Peyote vs. the State: Religious Freedom on Trial
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806140267 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dave Frohnmayer, the attorney general of Oregon, was planning his gubernatorial campaign and seeking care for his desperately ill daughters. the State offers a riveting look at how justice works—and sometimes doesn’t—in America today.. Supreme Court to decide whether the First Amendment protects the right of American Indians to seek and worship God through the use of peyote. The story of the constitutional showdown over Native Americans’ religious use of peyoteWith the grace of a novel, this book chronicles the six-year duel between two remarkable men with different visions of religious freedom in America.Neither sought the conflict. But before this constitutional confrontation was over, Frohnmayer and Smith twice asked the U.S. The Court finally said no.Garrett Epps tracks the landmark case from the humblest hearing room to the Supreme Court chamber—and beyond. Weaving fascinating legal narrative with personal drama, Peyote vs. Al Smith, a substance-abuse counselor to Native Americans, wanted only to earn a living. This paperback edition includes a new epilogue by the author that explores a retreat from the ruling since it was handed down in 1990
Midwest Book Review said Details the six-year battle between two men with different visions of religious freedom. Garrett Epps' PEYOTE VS. THE STATE: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ON TRIAL details the six-year battle between two men with different visions of religious freedom. Al Smith was a substance-abuse counselor to Native Americans, Dave Frohnmayer was an Oregon attorney with his hands full politically and personally. But both found themselves at the U.S. Supreme Court asking about the rights of Native Americans to worship God through the use of peyote. This account of a
Maggs Professor of Law, Duke University"In a class with "Gideon's Trumpet" and" A Civil Action,.".In this compelling narrative, Garrett Epps does more than chronicle the most important religious freedom case of the last decade. He vividly brings to life the people who, often without realizing what they were doing, created a landmark case."--David Ignatius, "Washington Post "columnist and author of "The Sun King" ""To an Unknown God "is dramatic, suspenseful, humane, and funny-- all the while managing to be highly informative about important principles of the law."--James Fallows, National Correspondent for "The Atlantic Monthly" "B
Garrett Epps, the author of four books and a former reporter for the Washington Post, is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore.